Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles

by William Stallings

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For introductory courses on operating systems."Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles" provides a comprehensive and unified introduction to operating systems topics. Stallings emphasizes both design issues and fundamental principles in contemporary systems and gives readers a solid understanding of the key structures and mechanisms of operating systems. He discusses design trade-offs and the practical decisions affecting design, performance and security. The book illustrates and show more reinforces design concepts and ties them to real-world design choices through the use of case studies in UNIX and Windows."Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles," 6e received the 2009 Textbook Excellence Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA) show less

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William Stallings is a six-time winner of the annual Best Computer Science and Engineering Textbook award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association

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Canonical title
Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles
Original publication date
2000 (Fourth Edition) (Fourth Edition)

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Technology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
005.43Computer science, information & general worksComputer science, knowledge & systemsArtificial Intelligence/Virtual RealitySystems programming and programsSystems programs
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QA76.76 .O63 .S733ScienceMathematicsMathematicsInstruments and machinesCalculating machinesElectronic computers. Computer scienceComputer software
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